Spartanburg queen crowned Miss South Carolina 2018

Davia Bunch of Spartanburg was crowned Miss South Carolina on Saturday. Sydney Ford, Miss Greater Greer, was first runnerup.

Davia Bunch of Spartanburg was crowned Miss South Carolina on Saturday at Township Auditorium in Columbia.

The 21-year-old from Spartanburg is a student at the University of South Carolina. First runner-up Sydney Ford of Gaffney, competed as Miss Greater Greer.

Sydney Sill, from Duncan, was second runnerup. She competed as Miss Clemson.

The other finalists were River City, Morgan Romono, third runnerup; and Miss Columbia, Alexandra Badgett, fourth runnerup.

Bunch received the crown from 2017 Miss South Carolina Suzi Roberts, the former Miss Columbia, and will compete for the title of Miss America in Atlantic City, N.J., on Sept. 9. The competition will be televised on ABC.

Bunch, a University of South Carolina junior, won $40,000 in scholarships toward her education. In all, the Miss South Carolina pageant handed out more than $165,000 in scholarship money.

The contestants also raised more than $169,000 for the Children's Miracle Network in South Carolina.

This is the last year of swimsuit competition for Miss South Carolina and Miss America. Next year, the pageant will feature a fitness component with the contestants performing a set fitness routine of jumps, squats, pushups and poses.

The Top 16 competed in swimsuit, the final swimsuit competition in Miss South Carolina history since the Miss American Organization decided to get rid of it starting at the national pageant in September 2018. The swimsuit competition was worth 15 percent of the contestant's total score.

Miss SC Top 16:

Miss Woodruff, Neely Lambert, People's Choice Award.

Miss Capital City, Jada Samuel

Miss Laurens County, Ansley Seay

Miss Upstate, Brooklyn Garrett

Miss Columbia, Alexandra Badgett

Miss Clemson, Sydney Sill

Miss Travelers Rest, Emily Holbert

Miss Greenville Scottish Games, Ali Bradley

Miss Darlington, Sarah Floyd

Miss Spartanburg, Davia Bunch

Miss Teal and Bronze, Brooke Vu

Miss Boiling Springs, Kendyl Pennington

Miss Pee Dee, Morgan Elvis

Miss River City, Morgan Romano

Miss Greater Greer, Sydney Ford

Miss Clarendon, Mikeya Murphy

The Top 10 performed their talents, worth 30 percent of the total score, the highest in the competition. The Top 10 also performed in evening gown which is 20 percent of the score.